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They have arrested 29 people for a string of alleged offences, including possession of drugs, cultivation of cannabis, intent to supply and burglary.

Officers have charged five of them and cautioned a further six. The rest are on bail while investigations into their cases continue.

From the cannabis farms, police recovered plants and harvested cannabis with a street value estimated at £800,000.

Cannabis resin – totalling 38 kilos in weight and with a street value of £220,000 – was also seized.

Details of the operation – codenamed Kibosh – were released this morning.

It was led by Detective Chief Inspector Keith Capstick, who said it provided focus in tackling organised crime in West Cumbria.

He added: “This operation has dented a significant hole into the organised crime in west Cumbria and from the seizures that have been made, a high percentage of drugs have been removed from our streets.

“There is an ever increasing determination by police to combat the problems criminality and organised crime bring to our communities.”